1883 American Association Batting Leaders

Pennant Winner: Philadelphia Athletics

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American Association Batting Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

Wins Above Replacement A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Keefe • NYP 20.2

2. White • CIN 9.3

3. Mullane • STL 6.4

4. McGinnis • STL 5.7

5. Mathews • PHA 4.6

6. Swartwood • PIT 3.8

7. Stovey • PHA 3.7

8. Browning • LOU 3.4

9. Richmond • COL 3.4

10. Reilly • CIN 3.3

WAR Position Players

Wins Above Replacement for position players A single number that presents the number of wins the player added to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Swartwood • PIT 3.8

2. Stovey • PHA 3.8

3. Browning • LOU 3.4

4. Richmond • COL 3.4

5. Reilly • CIN 3.3

6. Nelson • NYP 3.0

7. Gleason • STL 2.9

8. Moynahan • PHA 2.9

9. Carpenter • CIN 2.8

10. Jones • CIN 2.8

Offensive WAR

Offensive Wins Above Replacement (everything but Fielding) The same statistic as Wins Above Replacement for Position Players (WAR), but with the fielding value excluded. oWAR + dWAR does not equal WAR. Adding would count positions twice. Contains the factor for batting stats, baserunning, a positional adjustment, and the replacement player adjustment. Factors developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Swartwood • PIT 4.5

2. Browning • LOU 3.7

3. Stovey • PHA 3.4

4. Moynahan • PHA 3.2

5. Reilly • CIN 3.0

6. Nelson • NYP 2.8

7. Richmond • COL 2.7

8. Smith • COL 2.7

9. Gleason • 2TM 2.7

10. Gleason • STL 2.3

Defensive WAR

Defensive Wins Above Replacement for position players A defensive measure of wins above replacement, but given only the defensive stats of the player and his position adjustment. For this calculation, we use a replacement level on defense is the league average. Based on Baseball Info Solutions defensive runs saved from 2003 on and total zone rating developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com previously

1. Latham • STL 2.3

Kemmler • COL 2.3

3. Deasley • STL 1.4

4. Holbert • NYP 1.3

5. Snyder • CIN 1.3

6. Richmond • COL 1.2

7. Gleason • STL 1.2

8. Battin • PIT 1.2

9. McPhee • CIN 1.2

10. Brady • NYP 1.0

Batting Average

Hits/At Bats For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played Bold indicates either highest BA using current stats or awarded title at end of year.

1. Swartwood • PIT .357

2. Browning • LOU .338

3. Clinton • BAL .313

4. Rowe • BAL .313

5. Reilly • CIN .311

6. Moynahan • PHA .310

7. Nelson • NYP .305

8. Stovey • PHA .304

9. Carpenter • CIN .299

10. Comiskey • STL .294

On-Base%

(H + BB + HBP)/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF) For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played

1. Swartwood • PIT .394

2. Browning • LOU .378

3. Moynahan • PHA .360

4. Clinton • BAL .357

5. Nelson • NYP .353

6. Stovey • PHA .346

7. Gleason • 2TM .342

8. O'Brien • PHA .333

9. Jones • CIN .328

10. Carpenter • CIN .328

Slugging %

Total Bases/At Bats or
(1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR)/AB
For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA
per team game played

1. Stovey • PHA .506

2. Reilly • CIN .485

3. Swartwood • PIT .476

4. Jones • CIN .471

5. Browning • LOU .464

6. Moynahan • PHA .413

7. Smith • COL .410

8. Rowe • BAL .402

9. Comiskey • STL .397

10. Clinton • BAL .393

On-Base Plus Slugging

On-Base + Slugging Percentages For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played

1. Swartwood • PIT .869

2. Stovey • PHA .852

3. Browning • LOU .842

4. Reilly • CIN .810

5. Jones • CIN .799

6. Moynahan • PHA .772

7. Clinton • BAL .750

8. Nelson • NYP .732

9. Rowe • BAL .720

10. Smith • COL .710

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Reilly • CIN 98

Wolf • LOU 98

Battin • PIT 98

Gleason • STL 98

Latham • STL 98

6. Sommer • CIN 97

Brown • COL 97

Smith • COL 97

Brady • NYP 97

Esterbrook • NYP 97

Nelson • NYP 97

Knight • PHA 97

At Bats

1. Birchall • PHA 448

2. Reilly • CIN 437

3. Carpenter • CIN 435

4. Brady • NYP 432

5. Knight • PHA 429

6. Gleason • STL 425

7. Stovey • PHA 421

8. Brown • COL 420

9. Nelson • NYP 417

10. Sommer • CIN 413

Plate Appearances

Plate Appearances When available, we use actual plate appearances from play-by-play game accounts Otherwise estimated using AB + BB + HBP + SF + SH, which excludes catcher interferences. When this color click for a summary of each PA.

1. Birchall • PHA 468

2. Carpenter • CIN 454

3. Knight • PHA 450

4. Nelson • NYP 448

Stovey • PHA 448

6. Reilly • CIN 446

7. Brady • NYP 443

8. Brown • COL 440

Gleason • STL 440

10. Mansell • PIT 437

Swartwood • PIT 437

Runs Scored

Runs Scored/Allowed

1. Stovey • PHA 110

2. Reilly • CIN 103

3. Carpenter • CIN 99

4. Knight • PHA 98

5. Browning • LOU 95

Birchall • PHA 95

7. Moynahan • PHA 90

Mansell • PIT 90

9. Comiskey • STL 87

10. Swartwood • PIT 86

Latham • STL 86

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Swartwood • PIT 147

2. Reilly • CIN 136

3. Carpenter • CIN 130

4. Stovey • PHA 128

5. Nelson • NYP 127

6. Clinton • BAL 125

7. Moynahan • PHA 124

8. Gleason • STL 122

9. Browning • LOU 121

10. Comiskey • STL 118

Total Bases

Total Bases Singles + 2 x Doubles + 3 x Triples + 4 x Home Runs.

1. Stovey • PHA 213

2. Reilly • CIN 212

3. Swartwood • PIT 196

4. Jones • CIN 184

5. Gleason • STL 167

6. Smith • COL 166

Browning • LOU 166

8. Carpenter • CIN 165

Moynahan • PHA 165

10. Comiskey • STL 159

Doubles

Doubles Hit/Allowed

1. Stovey • PHA 31

2. Swartwood • PIT 24

3. Knight • PHA 23

Hayes • PIT 23

5. Reilly • CIN 21

Gleason • STL 21

7. Nelson • NYP 19

O'Rourke • NYP 19

9. Carpenter • CIN 18

Mann • COL 18

Moynahan • PHA 18

Triples

Triples Hit/Allowed

1. Smith • COL 17

2. Kuehne • COL 14

Reilly • CIN 14

4. Mann • COL 13

Mansell • PIT 13

6. Jones • CIN 12

7. McPhee • CIN 10

O'Brien • PHA 10

Moynahan • PHA 10

10. Comiskey • STL 9

Wolf • LOU 9

Keefe • NYP 9

Gerhardt • LOU 9

Browning • LOU 9

Knight • PHA 9

Stearns • BAL 9

Creamer • PIT 9

Gleason • STL 9

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Stovey • PHA 14

2. Jones • CIN 10

3. Reilly • CIN 9

4. Fulmer • CIN 5

Brown • COL 5

6. Browning • LOU 4

Smith • COL 4

8. Leary • 2TM 3

Carpenter • CIN 3

Mountain • COL 3

Sommer • CIN 3

Swartwood • PIT 3

Mansell • PIT 3

Hayes • PIT 3

Runs Batted In

1. Jones • CIN 80

2. Reilly • CIN 79

3. O'Brien • PHA 70

4. Moynahan • PHA 67

5. Stovey • PHA 66

6. Comiskey • STL 64

7. Knight • PHA 53

8. Fulmer • CIN 52

Sommer • CIN 52

10. Corkhill • CIN 46

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Stearns • BAL 34

2. Nelson • NYP 31

Moynahan • PHA 31

4. Gleason • 2TM 29

5. Clinton • BAL 27

Stovey • PHA 27

7. Richmond • COL 25

O'Brien • PHA 25

Mansell • PIT 25

Swartwood • PIT 25

Singles

Singles Hit/Allowed

1. Swartwood • PIT 112

2. Carpenter • CIN 105

3. Nelson • NYP 102

4. Clinton • BAL 101

5. Sommer • CIN 100

6. Brady • NYP 99

7. Gleason • 2TM 97

8. Birchall • PHA 96

9. Moynahan • PHA 95

10. Richmond • COL 94

Adjusted OPS+

OPS+ 100*[OBP/lg OBP + SLG/lg SLG - 1] Adjusted to the player’s ballpark(s)

1. Swartwood • PIT 188

2. Browning • LOU 179

3. Stovey • PHA 163

4. Reilly • CIN 151

5. Jones • CIN 148

6. Moynahan • PHA 140

7. Clinton • BAL 140

8. Smith • COL 135

9. Gleason • 2TM 132

10. Rowe • BAL 129

Runs Created

Runs Created A set of formulas developed by Bill James and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s runs total. This is computed with the "technical" formula when possible. If SB or CS data is missing, the "basic" formula is used. If HBP, IBB, SH, SF, or GIDP data is missing, the "stolen base" version of the formula is used. Team Runs Created is the sum of player Runs Created.

1. Swartwood • PIT 77

2. Stovey • PHA 74

3. Reilly • CIN 69

4. Browning • LOU 63

5. Jones • CIN 60

6. Moynahan • PHA 59

7. Clinton • BAL 56

Nelson • NYP 56

9. Carpenter • CIN 54

10. Gleason • STL 52

Adj. Batting Runs

Adjusted Batting Runs A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s runs total via linear weights. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Swartwood • PIT 40

2. Stovey • PHA 31

3. Browning • LOU 31

4. Reilly • CIN 24

5. Jones • CIN 21

6. Moynahan • PHA 19

7. Clinton • BAL 18

8. Nelson • NYP 15

9. Gleason • 2TM 15

10. Smith • COL 15

Adj. Batting Wins

Adjusted Batting Wins A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others that estimates a player’s total contributions to a team’s wins with his bat. 0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Swartwood • PIT 4.3

2. Stovey • PHA 3.4

3. Browning • LOU 3.3

4. Reilly • CIN 2.6

5. Jones • CIN 2.3

6. Moynahan • PHA 2.1

7. Clinton • BAL 2.0

8. Nelson • NYP 1.7

9. Gleason • 2TM 1.6

Smith • COL 1.6

Extra Base Hits

Extra Base Hits Doubles + Triples + Home Runs

1. Stovey • PHA 51

2. Reilly • CIN 44

3. Jones • CIN 37

4. Smith • COL 35

Swartwood • PIT 35

6. Knight • PHA 33

7. Mann • COL 32

Gleason • STL 32

9. Hayes • PIT 31

10. Moynahan • PHA 29

Times On Base

Times on Base Hits + Bases on Balls + Hit By Pitch Does not include Reached on Error or Catcher Interference.

1. Swartwood • PIT 172

2. Nelson • NYP 158

3. Moynahan • PHA 155

Stovey • PHA 155

5. Clinton • BAL 152

6. Carpenter • CIN 149

7. Reilly • CIN 145

8. Browning • LOU 144

9. Gleason • 2TM 143

10. O'Brien • PHA 138

Offensive Win %

Offensive Winning Percentage The percentage of games a team with nine of this player batting would win. Assumes average pitching and defense. This uses the Pythagorean win pct formula with the player's RC/G for runs scored and the league's R/9 as runs allowed.

1. Swartwood • PIT .807

2. Browning • LOU .780

3. Stovey • PHA .764

4. Reilly • CIN .730

5. Jones • CIN .711

6. Moynahan • PHA .704

7. Clinton • BAL .687

8. Nelson • NYP .664

9. Rowe • BAL .652

10. Carpenter • CIN .628

O'Brien • PHA .628

AB per HR

At Bats Per Home Run

1. Stovey • PHA 30.1

2. Jones • CIN 39.1

3. Reilly • CIN 48.6

4. Fulmer • CIN 72.4

5. Brown • COL 84.0

6. Browning • LOU 89.5

7. Mountain • COL 92.0

8. Smith • COL 101.3

9. Hayes • PIT 117.0

10. Swartwood • PIT 137.3

Mansell • PIT 137.3

Outs Made

Outs Made (At Bats - Hits) + Double Plays Grounded Into + Sac. Flies + Sac. Hits + Caught Stealing.

1. Birchall • PHA 340

2. Knight • PHA 321

3. Brady • NYP 315

4. Latham • STL 310

5. Mansell • PIT 306

6. Carpenter • CIN 305

Brown • COL 305

Battin • PIT 305

9. Esterbrook • NYP 304

10. Gleason • STL 303

rOBA

rOBA
A measure of a player's offensive contributions, weighted in proportion to each event's actual run value

1. Swartwood • PIT .396

2. Browning • LOU .383

3. Stovey • PHA .381

4. Reilly • CIN .362

5. Jones • CIN .358

6. Moynahan • PHA .355

7. Clinton • BAL .347

8. Nelson • NYP .340

9. O'Brien • PHA .327

10. Rowe • BAL .327

Rbat+

Rbat+
Batting runs as computed for WAR, but indexed to the environment the player played in, where 100 is league average.

1. Swartwood • PIT 168

2. Browning • LOU 161

3. Stovey • PHA 145

4. Reilly • CIN 137

5. Jones • CIN 135

6. Clinton • BAL 133

7. Moynahan • PHA 132

8. Gleason • 2TM 131

9. Smith • COL 130

10. Richmond • COL 125

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/Team Game (batting), 1.0 IP/Team Game (pitching), 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/Team Game (W-L%) is needed for single-season leaderboards. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements